For anybody hoping to see even a small glimpse of Seattle Seahawks rookie working again Jadarian Value in opposition to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday night time (5 pm PT, FOX), all you’ll get is him in pads however completely on the sideline.
l has revealed the Seahawks’ plans for each the Titans recreation and a few of what’s in line for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs finale on Friday. The large headline is that Value, who ramped up with padded practices this week s, has proven sufficient in apply that the Seahawks gained’t even threat him in preseason reps.
Value, the first-round choose the Seahawks drafted this spring to exchange departed (to Kansas Metropolis in free company) Tremendous Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker, won’t play Sunday night time in opposition to the Titans. He’s not going to play on the Chiefs Friday, both.
Macdonald and normal supervisor John Schneider have seen sufficient of Value’s pace, decisiveness in reducing into outside-zone run gaps and his cross catching to know Value is just too invaluable, and the running-back room too thinned by accidents already this preseason, to threat the rookie lead again in these video games that don’t depend.
Value himself missed per week this month with what Macdonald vaguely described as “upper-leg soreness.” So, no preseason video games in uncontrolled environments in opposition to hungry foes such because the Titans which are planning to play their starters by way of the primary half.
This could imply one other busy night time for George Holani and Velus Jones Jr. We’ll additionally see Anthony Hankerson probably get some carries okay. Emanuel Wilson doesn’t look like able to play after getting injured in camp earlier this month. Jacardia Wright is TBD given he’s solely simply recovering from an damage.
Bell additionally famous that the standard starters like Sam Darnold, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, DeMarcus Lawrence, and others will not be anticipated to play any a part of preseason, so the primary we’ll see of them in dwell motion is the season opener versus the New England Patriots.
So far as tonight’s quarterback state of affairs, Drew Lock is slated to start out the primary half, whereas Jalen Milroe will get the second half. This seemingly places an finish to the “rotate each two collection” technique utilized final week in what was a disjointed displaying versus the Dallas Cowboys.
Lastly, new cornerback Trevon Diggs simply arrived on Wednesday, so it was in all probability asking quite a bit for somebody who’s handled lots of accidents to get snaps on Sunday. The Chiefs recreation on Friday is evidently extra possible for him to make his Seahawks debut.
